Folding bed



July 7, 192s. 1,544,821

v w. v.1. DuvALL l FOLDING BED Filed Feb, '7r 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 7, 1925i. l l

UNITED vsrixlrilazls PATENT oel-1on1 WILLIAM J. DUVALL, 0I' sT. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AssIGNoa To SMITH a DAVISMIG.

co., oF sfr. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A GQRPORAIIQN or MISSOURI.

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' l A' Appncation ined February 7,1924. seri-a1 no, 691,309;

To all 'whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. DUvALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, and Statepof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improve-` ments in Folding Beds, ofwhich the follow- The object of the present invention Yis to provide a bed having its head end mounted on a rolling base and its bottom and foot end foldable against the head end so lthat the entire bed may b e moved into a closet or other comparatively small enclosurewhen not Yin use. A. further object isto provide a n Y end yra1l y141, said side, rails being pivotally folding bed in which the working mechanism at the head end is enclosed to preserve the appearance of the bed and at vthe same time to protect the mattress and covers. Further and other advantages will be better apparent `from a detailed description of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan of the bed with part of the housing at the head end broken away; Fig. 2 is aV side elevation of the bed with the bed bottom shown in lowered position by full lines and in raised position by dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-,section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 1r-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail in perspective showing how the bedbottom is hinged t0 the supporting frame at the head end of the bed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the head frame of the bed provided with an inwardly exending base B consisting of a lower angle frame F and an upper angle frame F connected by a pair of upright angles 2, 2. The lower frame F is composed of an end angle bar 3 extending between the posts 4, l of the head frame and secured to the lower ends thereof, an end angle bar 5, and side angle bars 6, 6 connecting the end angle bars 3 and 5. An angle bar 7 is carried by the side angle bars 6, 6 in slightly spaced relation with end angle bar 3 `and an anchor weight 8 rests on and is secured to the bars 3 and 7.v The-upper angle frame F is composed of an end anglebar 9 secured between the posts 4, 4, at therheight above their-'lowerends determined on vforv the plane of the bed-bottom, and a pair of side anglebars 10. .10 shorter thanthe angle bars 6,6, the angle bars 10, 10 being secured tothe ends of angle bar 9 and to the ends of uprights- 2, 2. Theupper angle` frame F will hereinafter be called the bed-bottom supporting frame becauseit carriesthe pivoted end of thebed-bottom asv will more fully appear.y In order to stiften the entire base B, corner braces 11, `11 are secured to the uprights 2, 2 and sidey bars 6, 6, and corner braces 12, 12. are secured to theposts 4, 4 and side bars 6, 6. f Y The bed-bottom comprises a pair of side rails 13,13 connected at the foot end byl an mounted on a pivot pinpv secured-t0` the side angle bars 10, 10 of the supporting frame F just outside of the uprights 2, 2,

and the ends13, 13 of the side rails at the.

head end are bent downwardly to come slightly below angle bar 9. An end rail 15 is secured to the downwardly bent ends of the side rails 13,13and a plurality of tension springs 16, 16, etc., are secured to the end rail 15 and anangle bar 17 secured to up the bed. Except for the ends 13, 13 of the side rails 13, said side rails lie in the same horizontal plane (when the bed-bottom is lowered) as the angle bars 10, 10 hence'these angle bars have their horizontal legs 10, 10 cut away at the ends to provide clearance for the side rails 13, 13. The

'major portion of each of the bent ends 13,

13 lies directly beneath the angle bars 1o, 10.

A housing H entirely encloses the frames F and F of the base B and has its top wall v17 secured to the angle bar 9 and inclined downwardly toward the front of the bed so as to just clear the springs 16 when the bed-bottoni is lowered. To provide operatlli - cured ,to :the side; railslqand'end railll by helical springsQO. erl'on-iever, vat 'thehead Aend of the bed the fabric is secured to the horizontal leg of the angle bars110. and f to vthe end angle bar 9. Thus at the head end of the bed thefabricfextends over; the housing top wall 17 and is spaced from it sufficiently sothat 4the fabric will'not touch this top --wall under A'the weight'of a person i reclining on the bed. 'llVhen'the bed-bottom is .folde'd to fits upright position vboth the "'fabricflQand mattress'M will-bendat about the pivotal;point1l y?. l"To keep the-foot end l'of themattress in rp'lacelwhen the' bed is QOIfolded up alpa'irof mattress clam-ps 21, 21

"are'providedon' the'end rail 14.

The'footend 22* of xthe bed isA pivotally secured to the `side rails 13, 13 bytwov pairs (if links'Q?)L andf'Ql, and maybe folded' against "thebed-bottom whenthe latter is raised (Fig. Q1 dotted) "11. A folding bed coinprisingalhead'end,

` a foot end, and a bed-bottom,`said l head end having air inwardlyextending base compris- ,ing alowe'r' frame and afbed-bottoni supporting iff-rame -Uther'eabove, 4a housing enl closing/said framesatthe sides and'top betwee-nf the supporting' l"yon'd' the pivotal points.

thereof, said bed-bottom having side rails and a head and a foot end rail, the side rails wall-to the pivotal'points and extending below this plane from the pivots to the head 4end rail, said head end rail extending` below the top wall of the housing, means secured-'to' the 2l'i'eajd end rail for counterbalancing the bed-bottom and a fabric stretched between the foot end rail and side Vrails'up v-to 'the pi'VOtalpOintS, and stretched ffraine members befZf-Af' folding bed comprising a supporting base including aliead'frame and a bed-bottom pivotallyinounted on'said base, saidV 1 and said lbedbottonih'aving 'side rails mount- 'e'd'onfsaid lframe, the head endsl ofl said side "rails extending downwardly below the supporting frame, tension springs secured' to said downwardly*extendingrail ends and I l "t'he"base, and afabric' secured to 'said'side Having "described my invention, 'I lclaim t railsiffroin" the footv end-,of the bed-bottom 'tothe side rail pivots, andsaidlfabric being A"secured 'toA saidfsupporting `frame between said pivots Vand th'ehead frame.

` In `testimonywhereof I" hereunto affix my `VILLIAM J. DUVALL.

signature. 

